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Godwin R. Murunga is a senior research fellow in the Institute of Development Studies, University of Nairobi, and director of the African Leadership Centre. He is also a visiting professor in the Global Institutes at King’s College London. He is a trained historian with a PhD from Northwestern University in Illinois, specialising in urban history but with research interests in democratisation processes in Africa, politics of knowledge production and masculinities in Africa. His current research project focuses on the role of settlements in peace-building and state-building in Kenya.Duncan Okello is currently the Chief of Staff in the Office of the Chief Justice, Republic of Kenya. He holds a BA degree in political science and history as well as a law degree, both from the University of Nairobi. He also holds an MA in international relations from the University of Kent at Canterbury, UK. His policy and research interests revolve around questions of democratisation and institution-building for societies in transition, constitutionalism and the rule of law, and how development outcomes mediate and influence state and citizen relations in Africa. He previously worked as director of programmes at the Institute of Economic Affairs in Kenya, and as the Regional Director for Eastern Africa for the Society for International Development.Anders Sjögren is a senior researcher with the Nordic Africa Institute in Uppsala. He holds a PhD in political science from Stockholm University. Working in the field of the comparative political economy of development and state-society relations in Africa, his current research is on land conflicts, state formation and citizenship in Kenya and Uganda.

• Introduction: Towards a New Constitutional Order in Kenya - Godwin R. Murunga, Duncan Okello and Anders SjögrenPart I: Contexts and Actors in the Making of a New Constitution1. The Protracted Transitions to the Second Republic in Kenya - Paul Tiyambe Zeleza2. Fuelling the Violence: The Print Media in Kenya's Volatile 2007 Post-Election Violence - Sammy Gakero Gachigua3. Mediating Kenya's Post-Election Violence: From a Peace-Making to a Constitutional Moment - E. Njoki Wamai4. Instrumentalism and Constitution-Making in Kenya: Triumphs, Challenges and Opportunities Beyond the 2013 Elections - Raymond Muhula and Stephen Ndegwa5. Revisiting 'The Two Faces of Civil Society' in Constitutional Reform in Kenya - Wanjala S. Nasong'oPart II: The Content, Challenges and Opportunities of a New Constitutional Order6. Constitutions and Constitutionalism: The Fate of the 2010 Constitution - Yash Pal Ghai7. Elite Compromises and the Content of the 2010 Constitution - Godwin R. Murunga8. Security and Human Rights in the New Constitutional Order in Kenya - Mutuma Ruteere

This excellent collection sets out the context required to understand the importance of implementing Kenya's new constitution, and highlights the various barriers and obstacles to achieving the same. As such, the book provides a timely contribution to academic debates, as well as a call to action for all those interested in protecting Kenya's recent constitutional gains and promoting constitutionalism.